India’s 3rd largest B-school festival commemorates 26 years

Pune, December 30th: NEEV, the annual corporate and cultural fest of Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD ) and regarded as India’s 3rd largest B-school festival marked the 26th year in the recently concluded festival in Pune.

The event held at Symbiosis Infotech Campus from December 20th to 22nd, witnessed students from more than 40+ colleges across the nation participating in this year’s festival. NEEV initiated in 1993 provides aspiring corporate professionals and world-class performance artists a stage to showcase their talent.

NEEV engaged its audience and participants with over 35+ events. The flagship event of NEEV, Augustus, received a participation of 2500+ people in the search for India’s Best Student Manager with a cash prize of Rs. 2 lakhs, making it the biggest student manager event in the country.

Panache -The Fashion face-off served as the perfect platform to break new ground in the sphere of fashion taken on by Rahul Kumar and Parisha Arenjan. Verve – A myriad of emotions and stories performed through the language of Dance. NEEV in association with leading beauty pageant Miss India also hosted the FBB Campus Princess attracting the likes of Bennet, Jitesh Singh and Apeksha Porval as judges. NEEV in the past has set precedent for some incredible feats like being the first festival to bring Sunburn to Pune.

Sudish Panicker, Managing Director & Head of Operations, BNY Mellon, India said that “Caring about community is a cornerstone of BNY Mellon’s philanthropic philosophy. Working with non-profit partners, local agencies and our global corporate neighbours, BNY Mellon invests in initiatives that make our communities better places to live and work. BNY Mellon works with 20 charity partners at Pune covering 4500 children who are from tribal areas, differently-abled, girl children, and young adult women from lesser privileged backgrounds & 3700 from rural areas on workforce development and sustainability.”

Mr. and Mrs. NEEV held in collaboration with Six Pack Nutrition and not to forget PlayStation that setup its VR station align with their PlayStation 4 set-up. NEEV 2019 presented by BNY Mellon, co-sponsored by RealMe and Mahindra & Mahindra brought on a power-packed performance by the rising star Ritviz, in association with VH1 Supersonic, play on the 20th of December. Followed by the Bollywood sensation Mohammed Irfan on the 21st powered by RealMe in association with MTV Beats. With this stellar line up of artists, SCMHRD was filled with an audience that left with enough memories to last a lifetime!